Shell specimens
Date
1778
Creator
Emanuel Mendes da Costa (1717 - 1791) , Naturalist
Object type
Library reference
55208
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (page): 290mm
width (page): 225mm
height (print): 230mm
width (print): 185mm
width (page): 225mm
height (print): 230mm
width (print): 185mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Conchological study of ten limpet, univalve and cowry shell types.
Figures 1 and 2 – the green ormer, Haliotis tuberculate, referred to in the associated description as H. Vulgaris Common.
Figure 3 – the bubble shell, Bulla, referred to here as the same.
Figure 4 – an unknown species Calliostoma conulus, referred to here as Trochus Conulus Conule
Figure 5 – the tube of a calcareous tubeworm, Serpula vermicularis, referred to here as the same, wrapped around a scallop Pectinidae shell.
Figure 6 – the spotted cowry, Trivia monacha, referred to here as Pediculus seu monacha, or the sea louse/nun.
Figure 7 – the Cylichna cylindracea shell, referred to here as Cylindracea cylindric.
Figure 8 – the river limpet, Ancylus fluviatilis, referred to here as Patella Fluviatilis.
Figure 9 – the angular brittle star, Ophioothrix angulate, referred to here as Serpula Angulata Angular.
Figure 10 – the common tusk shell, Antalis vulgaris, here referred to as Dentale Vulgare Common.
Figure 11 – the Serpula planorbis, referred to here as Serpula Spirorbis.
Plate 2 from Emanuel Mendes da Costa’s Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniaor, The British conchology: containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland (London, 1778), illustrated with figures, text in English and French.
Emanuel Mendes da Costa (1717-1791) naturalist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1747.
Figures 1 and 2 – the green ormer, Haliotis tuberculate, referred to in the associated description as H. Vulgaris Common.
Figure 3 – the bubble shell, Bulla, referred to here as the same.
Figure 4 – an unknown species Calliostoma conulus, referred to here as Trochus Conulus Conule
Figure 5 – the tube of a calcareous tubeworm, Serpula vermicularis, referred to here as the same, wrapped around a scallop Pectinidae shell.
Figure 6 – the spotted cowry, Trivia monacha, referred to here as Pediculus seu monacha, or the sea louse/nun.
Figure 7 – the Cylichna cylindracea shell, referred to here as Cylindracea cylindric.
Figure 8 – the river limpet, Ancylus fluviatilis, referred to here as Patella Fluviatilis.
Figure 9 – the angular brittle star, Ophioothrix angulate, referred to here as Serpula Angulata Angular.
Figure 10 – the common tusk shell, Antalis vulgaris, here referred to as Dentale Vulgare Common.
Figure 11 – the Serpula planorbis, referred to here as Serpula Spirorbis.
Plate 2 from Emanuel Mendes da Costa’s Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniaor, The British conchology: containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland (London, 1778), illustrated with figures, text in English and French.
Emanuel Mendes da Costa (1717-1791) naturalist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1747.
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